Geoff Nugent aka comedian Jim Jefferies makes his way to the Bayou City performing in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center this weekend, Friday January 24, 2020.
The Comedy Central alumni hails from Sydney, Australia. Jefferies studied musical theatre in Perth, Australia while at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
Jefferies achieved international attention some 13-years ago being attacked onstage performing at the Manchester Comedy Store. Footage of the incident was eventually incorporated into his act and can be seen in his 2008 DVD, "Contraband". It was his HBO special "I Swear to God" back in 2009 that put Jefferies on national comedian celebrity stages.
The Israeli Times.com last December reviewed his show, "When Jefferies asked what “Shalom” meant, people responded, “peace!”, prompting the comic to answer, “Peace?! What do you guys know about peace?” Later in the show, when a problematic mic made a “
boom”-like sound, Jefferies didn’t miss a beat, saying, “please yell ‘Allah Akbar’ first.”
And what Israel-based show would be complete without a Gal Gadot story? As if parenting wasn’t hard enough, Jim had to deal with his son’s aversion to making friends with Wonder Woman’s daughter despite being classmates at the same school. Surely, the comic wondered, Israel’s most famous actress must have some relatives in the audience and, if so, would they be so kind as to make an intro?